47 Quotes by Jeff Hanneman

My fascination with war is because my dad was in World War II, and my brother was in Vietnam.

The intent of Slayer's musical and lyrical content has always been selfish. We feel very strongly about the importance of staying true to ourselves.

I like playing guitar I don't like talking about it. I like writing riffs, I don't like explaining them.

Me and my dad were so much alike that we would just butt heads. I pretty much hated him from the age of 16 to 24 for no real reason.

During our first year, we were playing Priest and Maiden cover tunes all the time while we figured out what we wanted to do as a band. At the time I was getting out of metal and into punk. That's how Slayer's sound came together - it's the speed of punk combined with the big riffs of metal.

Rock 'n' roll was never supposed to be polite.

I guess Zeppelin is some happy stuff compared to us. It's pretty hippy, too.

Don't overthink things. Make the next record, and keep rolling with it.

I used to be totally into Steve Vai and Joe Satriani and other shredders, and I tried to emulate what they did and really grow as a guitarist.